154: Terrifying speed of improvement
“The worst is death; if you don't die, you'll eventually make a name for yourself?”
At this moment, everyone's eyes lit up.
How could Lin Ling, who could say such words, be disheartened by a single failure?
“Let's go clear an experience dungeon, then come back and continue challenging the Tempering Room. Boss will definitely return as a king,” Ji Mo said with a smile.
Everyone nodded vigorously, and the group turned and headed towards the Mission Temple.
War God Hall conference room.
“What?” Jiang Shan Yi suddenly stood up from the sofa, “Lin Ling still hasn't come out?”
A Dragon Nest soldier said somewhat fearfully, “I checked the surveillance. He went to eat breakfast this morning and hasn't left his dormitory since.”
“That brat! Is he going to sleep forever? Go drag him out for me!” Jiang Shan Yi was furious.
“You go attend to your business. I'll go myself. You probably can't drag that brat out.”
…
Outside Lin Ling's dormitory.
Jiang Shan Yi stepped forward, tore off the ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign, and was about to break in.
However, just as he lifted his foot, the door in front of him suddenly opened from the inside.
Lin Ling was stretching, living a life of leisure, sleeping when he was tired.
“You brat, you finally decided to come out?” Jiang Shan Yi said grumpily.
“Uh… Brother Old Jiang, I was just tired, you know? There's no need to get so angry over a nap. Anger harms the liver.”
Lin Ling said with an embarrassed smile.
“Hurry up and go to the Tempering Room to temper your spiritual power! If you dare to slack off again, I'll break your legs!”
Jiang Shan Yi grabbed Lin Ling, and with a flash of his figure, the two were already outside the Spiritual Power Tempering Room.
“I haven't eaten yet,” Lin Ling complained.
“All you know is eating and sleeping. Even the pigs at the supply and marketing cooperative aren't as leisurely as you. There's enough food in here for you to eat for several days. Hurry up and temper your spiritual power, you brat! If you dare to slack off again, see how I deal with you!”
Jiang Shan Yi stuffed a package into Lin Ling's arms and kicked him in the backside, sending him into the alloy door.
“I really wasn't slacking off! My rice…”
With a shout, the alloy door closed.
Jiang Shan Yi's mouth curved upwards. He immediately took out a rocking chair, a wooden table, and a pot of hot tea, and sat down comfortably in the rocking chair.
He actually stood guard directly in front of Lin Ling's door.
“You brat, I'll guard the door today. Let's see how you slack off.”
This scene was coincidentally witnessed by several people who had just come out of the Tempering Room.
“Can you tell? Spiritual power is what these big shots truly value.”
“What's the use of strong basic attributes? There are many ways to improve attributes later, but it's too difficult to improve spiritual power.”
“Can we still come here to temper in the future? I actually increased by over 100 points in two days.”
“What are you thinking? I heard that the cost of opening the Tempering Room each time is very high.”
“Didn't you see the Dragon Nest Mall? You can exchange for tempering chances, 20,000 points per chance.”
“That expensive? I really envy Zhang Ziye. He has a spiritual power tempering skill. I heard that when his level is high, he can gain dozens of spiritual power points a day.”
“Don't envy him. Spiritual power tempering skills are simply unachievable.”
The teenagers left while talking, but a sharp glint suddenly flashed in Jiang Shan Yi's eyes.
As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener takes it to heart.
Jiang Shan Yi immediately took out his phone and dialed a number.
“Old fellow, was what you said last time about a spiritual power tempering skill reward in the Qianlong Secret Realm true?” Jiang Shan Yi asked.
There was a moment of silence on the phone, then an equally old voice came through.
“I'm not sure either. It was a Seven-Rotation Strong from Japan and a Strong from India chatting, and I overheard it by chance.
It seems there's a Green Light Cave in the Secret Realm, and a skill orb is sealed inside. This orb is the spiritual power tempering skill.
What? You want to go get it? The Qianlong Secret Realm hasn't been cleared yet, and you might not be able to clear it either.”
Jiang Shan Yi frowned slightly, “What if I don't clear the dungeon, but just take the skill orb?”
“Old buddy, you'd better stop. What if it's fake news intentionally leaked by the Japanese? Wouldn't you be in trouble?”
“Hmm, I was just saying. I'm hanging up. I'll treat you to a drink next time I go to Yunkun.”
Jiang Shan Yi hung up the phone and turned to look at the alloy Tempering Room where Lin Ling was.
“I have a dignified Space Grand Magus. It's not too much to forcibly take a skill orb, is it? There's probably no place in this world that can trap me. Hmm… I should be back very soon.”
He mumbled a few words and instantly vanished, leaving only the rocking chair gently swaying.
Lin Ling entered the Tempering Room without testing his spiritual power value.
He knew that his spiritual power had long reached an incredible level.
Now that Soul Guiding had reached Level 4, Lin Ling's spiritual power had broken through to 2160.
His current task was stuck on making 10,000 objects dance Subject Three.
This was indeed a bit difficult. How could rice dance Subject Three without legs or hands?
Lin Ling rubbed his temples, but his gaze fell on the screen of the spiritual power tempering instrument.
“I got it!”
His eyes lit up. Rice didn't have legs, but bionic robots did.
“Level 3 is 1,000 robots, Level 5 is 100,000. By that logic, Level 4 should be 10,000 robots.”
Lin Ling chose Level 4 difficulty.
When he stepped through the light door and saw the 10,000 small robots on the ground, a strange smile appeared on his face.
The system prompt was the same as last time. When the countdown ended, the robots' pressure was instantly released.
Instead, with a thought from Lin Ling, tens of thousands of robots were simultaneously controlled by him.
A grand Subject Three practice session thus began.
Lin Ling soon discovered that his control limit should be 6,500 robots.
Once this number was exceeded, the extra robots would not be able to move uniformly and could only wiggle their butts in place.
He kept trying, and after a moment, a system prompt suddenly sounded.
“Persevere in tempering for ten minutes, reward: Spiritual Power +40, current Spiritual Power: 2200.”
“Persist for 1 hour to trigger the reward again.”
A look of joy appeared on Lin Ling's face, and he continued to “endure” the tempering.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, an hour passed, and Lin Ling finally succeeded in controlling 10,000 robots to dance Subject Three.
“Task completed, experience +1.”
“Congratulations! Your Soul Guiding has been upgraded to Level 5, reward: Spiritual Power +500, current Spiritual Power: 2700.”
“Task: Control 100,000 objects to jump.”
Looking at the task prompt in front of him, Lin Ling's mouth twitched violently.
Just then, the system voice of the Tempering Room simultaneously sounded in his ears.
“Persevere in tempering for 1 hour, reward: Spiritual Power +40, current Spiritual Power: 2740.”
“Successfully withstood a thousand times spiritual pressure. Please adjust the tempering difficulty level.”
Lin Ling did not hesitate and chose Level 5 difficulty again.
Level 5 difficulty, which could be cleared with 2500 spiritual power, held no challenge for him.
And these robots just happened to allow him to complete the Soul Guiding task.
Time slowly flowed, and Lin Ling's spiritual power was rapidly increasing.
One day later…
War God Hall.
“Still no contact with Old Jiang?” Zhou Weiyun asked.
A colonel-ranked officer, his face pale, said uneasily, “Hall Master, no contact. The Big Dipper positioning shows that Old Jiang last appeared outside the Qianlong Secret Realm at the Fen River Second Reservoir in Taiyuan Base City.”
A look of horror immediately flashed in Zhou Weiyun's eyes, “How is that possible? What did he go to the Qianlong Secret Realm for? Was it because I jokingly told him to go to the Secret Realm to make money that day?”
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